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German Eventers Take New Aachen Prizes
Germany’s 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games team gold medalist, Frank Ostholt, 32, and Air Jordon returned victorious to Aachen to win the new three day event to be held annually at the WEG site as part of the international (CHIO) show. "It was fant ... Read the full article

German Draft Horses in the Russian Winter
On June 22nd, the vaunted German Army invaded the Soviet Union. With 150 front line divisions advancing on three different axes, they caught the unsuspecting Soviets completely by surprise. On the first few weeks of Operation Barbarrosa, the Germans ran over any Red Army position. In some instances, with such an ease that by early August there were talk inside the German High Command structure of destroying what remained of the Soviet army west of the Dniepr River. Accordingly, they did not prepared for any kind of winter warfare. They were sadly mistaken. By late September it was becoming clear that the Wehrmacht would had to fight in the harsh Russian winter. ... Read the full article

Princess Haya Visits Children’s Center for Therapeutic Riding
H.R.H. Princess Haya of Jordan, accompanied by members of the German Vaulting team, took time during the FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 to pay an informal visit to the Kohlshof in Aachen – the “Riding Therapy in Adventure Land“. 60 children a ... Read the full article

Gold for the Netherlands at in Aachen at WEG
Aachen, August 31st, 2006 Gold for Holland Germany claims the bronze in the Mercedes-Benz Prize - "Küchengirl very stressed" – 40,000 fans celebrate in Aachen The 40,000 spectators in the crowded stadium all held their breath. Marcus Ehning ... Read the full article

Noble Champion Recognized by the American Hanoverian Society
Albuquerque, NM – The celebrated Oldenburg stallion Noble Champion, owned by Horses Unlimited, has been recognized by the American Hanoverian Society. A show jumping powerhouse during the late 90’s, the stallion had previously been approved by the Ge ... Read the full article

German team wins the Nations Cup, the DHL Prize, CICO***
Once again the German team won the Nations Cup, the DHL Prize, CICO***, at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2009. Hans Melzer’s team claimed the victory with a total score of 140.40 points, ahead of Great Britain on 173.90 points and New Ze ... Read the full article

ALRV hands over a 15,000 Euro-cheque in “Night of the Stars”
The visitors of this year’s World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen have collected 15,000 Euros for the benefit of therapeutic riding and the sports for the disabled. In the course of the “Night of the Stars 2008” – a charity event of the paralympic sport in the Mercedes-World in Berlin – Klaus Pavel, President of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV), handed over the cheque to Gerda Pleitgen, who is Chairwoman of the Sports Association for the Disabled. Pleitgen was enthused about the “great commitment of the CHIO Aachen and the horse sport fans”. Also dressage riders Bettina Eistel and Angelika Trabert were glad about the big donation. They had won the Team Silver medal at the Paralympic Games 2008 in Hongkong together and were being honoured for their success in Berlin in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ... Read the full article

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum clinches Third Rolex FEI World Cup Title
Defending champion Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum secured her third Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping title with consummate ease at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Sunday where America's McLain Ward finished second ahead of The Netherlands' Albert Zoer i ... Read the full article

Margie Engle Wins in Aachen, U.S. to Start Fourth in Super League Order
AACHEN, Germany - May 18, 2006 - Margie Engle of the United States, competing at the World Equestrian Festival for the first time in eight years, rode her 2000 Olympic mount Hidden Creek's Perin to victory Thursday in the Prize of North Rhine-Westph ... Read the full article

Klaus Balkenhol, U.S. Dressage Team Chef d’Equipe, Offers Training Package Auction as Fundraiser for the USET Foundation
GLADSTONE, NEW JERSEY – February 24, 2006 – The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation has announced that U.S. Dressage Team Chef d’Equipe Klaus Balkenhol has offered a training package to be auctioned as a fundraiser to benefit the Foundati ... Read the full article

Todd Flettrich and Amadeus Are Highest Placed American Duo at Porsche Dressage Trophy Indoor
WELLINGTON, FL - November 7, 2007 - With three Americans competing at "Porsche Dressage Trophy," a German national indoor dressage tournament held in Paderborn, Germany, on November 2-4, Todd Flettrich of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and Wellington, Fl ... Read the full article

Aachen's World Equestrian Festival Opens, US Announces Super League Team…
Kenneth Braddick reports from Aachen AACHEN, Germany, May 17 -- The World Equestrian Festival, perhaps the largest single week's horse show in the world, began Wednesday with the United States announcing a top team for the Super League of jumping ... Read the full article

Our Horses, Our Art
Northampton, MA—July 18, 2006--Leonardo DaVinci cast his bronze, Horse. German Expressionist Franz Marc painted his Blaun Pferde (Blue Horse), and even Roy Rogers stuffed his palomino, Trigger. Our Horses, Our Art, presented by Massachusetts Ho ... Read the full article

Ehning Wins Another One!
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 25, 2006 – Marcus Ehning of Germany piloted Gitania, just one of his big string of top horses, to victory in the Longines Grand Prix of Rotterdam Sunday. The World Cup champion produced a blistering jump-off time ... Read the full article

The German dressage rider Helen Langehanenberg and her mare Responsible
The dressage rider Helen Langehanenberg and her mare Responsible have been part of the national squad since 2008. She and Responsible were the German reserves at the Olympics in Hong Kong – her greatest career achievement to date. In the world of ... Read the full article

Lessons from a Half-Blind Horse in a Mystery Writer's New Novel
In the just published Ben Reese mystery, Watches Of The Night, Sally Wright (a Mystery Writers Of America Edgar Allan Poe Award Finalist) examines the ways in which a well meaning horse can give us humans a day-to-day example of how to accept painful realities and pick ourselves up and move-on. ... Read the full article

France triumphs in the Mercedes-Benz Prize, part of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™
France won the spectacular floodlit competition at the CHIO Aachen: In the Mercedes-Benz Prize, part of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™, the French celebrated a sovereign victory without picking up any faults, ahead of Germany and the Netherlands who cam ... Read the full article

Klimke Leads Dressage at Badminton
Badminton, GB – May 4, 2006 - Ingrid Klimke has achieved great things as an event rider and as a dressage rider, but until today she had only ever been a spectator at the Badminton Horse Trials in England. Performing her test in the early afternoon, ... Read the full article

First American victory in the TESCHINKASSO Prize by Steffen Peters
The 11-year-old KWPN gelding, Ravel, who clearly demonstrated his top form under his rider Steffen Peters was awarded several 9s by the judges. The World Cup winner in Las Vegas 2009 won the TESCHINKASSO Prize, the Grand Prix CDIO at the World Equest ... Read the full article

Dr. Cesar Parra's Grand Prix Mount Cinnco de Mayo Sold to German Rider
Dr. Cesar Parra of Performance Farm, a training, coaching and horse sales operation in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, and Jupiter, Florida, recently sold one of his primary Grand Prix prospects, Cinnco de Mayo owned by Roanne Denny, to an amateur German rider in training with international rider and trainer Jean Bemelmans. ... Read the full article